chore: update pre-commit packages in alpha branch

Author: lpm0073

.github/workflows/precommitVersionBumps.yml

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Checkout next branch
+      - name: Checkout alpha branch
         run: |
           git fetch
-          git checkout next
-          git pull origin next
+          git checkout alpha
+          git pull origin alpha
 
       - name: Cache NPM dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4

docs/AZURE_AUTOMATEDML.md

@@ -94,6 +94,19 @@ az ml compute create \
   --idle-time-before-scale-down 120
 ```
 
+```console
+# Create a GPU cluster. Warning: you might encounter quota availability problems depending on the region.
+az ml compute create \
+  --name gpu-cluster \
+  --type AmlCompute \
+  --resource-group ubc-cdl10 \
+  --workspace-name UBC-CDL10 \
+  --size STANDARD_NC4AS_T4_V3 \
+  --min-instances 0 \
+  --max-instances 1 \
+  --idle-time-before-scale-down 120
+```
+
 **Why Standard_D2s_v3?**
 
 - ✅ 2 vCPUs, 8GB RAM - perfect for small datasets

requirements/local.txt

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 -r base.txt
 
-azure.functions==1.23.0
+azure.functions==1.23.0   # used for linting code in ./titanic-survival-app/__init__.py
 
 # Code linters, formatters, and security scanners
 # ------------